Laughter is one of the very privileges of reason,being confined to the human species.- Thomas Carlyle

I oppose any attempt to grant homosexual unions thesame legal privileges that civil government affordsto traditional marriage and family life.- Todd Akin

We are united in the hope that every individual willsomeday enjoy at least the intellectual privileges we have had,if not always the material advantages.- Sidney Altman

People didn't always see a person with a disabilitywho had to use a ramp or elevator as people who havebeen given unnecessary privileges.But I run into that often now.People are saying, 'Why do we have to go to great expense for these people?'- Major Owens

Unless you become more watchful in your states andcheck the spirit of monopoly and thirst for exclusiveprivileges you will in the end find that...the control over your dearest interests has passedinto the hands of these corporations.- Andrew Jackson

Mischief springs from the power which the moneyed interestderives from a paper currency which they are able to control,from the multitude of corporations with exclusive privileges...which are employed altogether for their benefit.- Andrew Jackson

A privilege may not be a right, but,under the constitution of the country,I do not gather that any broad distinction is drawnbetween the rights and the privileges that were enjoyedand that were taken away.- Charles Tupper

Let the workers organize.Let the toilers assemble.Let their crystallized voice proclaim their injusticesand demand their privileges.Let all thoughtful citizens sustain them,for the future of Labor is the future of America.- John L. Lewis

Politics ought to be the part-time profession of every citizenwho would protect the rights and privileges of free peopleand who would preserve what isgood and fruitful in our national heritage.- Dwight D. Eisenhower

Everywhere among the English-speaking race criminal justice was rude,and punishments were barbarous; but the tendency wasto do away with special privileges and legal exemptions.- Albert Bushnell Hart

I suppose I have had more advantages and privileges than most of you,who are slaves have ever known, and I believe morethan many white people have enjoyed,for which I desire to bless God, and pray that he maybless those who have given them to me.- Jupiter Hammon

The duty of government is to leave commerce to itsown capital and credit as well as all other branches of business,protecting all in their legal pursuits,granting exclusive privileges to none.- Andrew Jackson

The house built on the sand may oftentimes be built higher,have more fair parapets and battlements,windows and ornaments, than that which is built upon the rock;yet all gifts and privileges equal not one grace.- John Owen

One of the great privileges of being a part of the Senate,it being the greatest deliberative body in the world,is out of the discussions of ideas, hopefully truthcan ultimately be achieved.- Bill Nelson

My feeling about him is that the America that we have today,the freedoms we enjoy and the privileges we have,are really the reflection of Abe Lincoln's convictions,his vision, and his toughness.- Gregory Peck

There are, for example, exemptions in FOIA in whichthe government can withhold certain kinds of information,and the courts have recognized that there is certaindocumentation that do deserve protection,that certain privileges do apply and do deserve protection.- Alberto Gonzales

In the Europe which was created by the Second World War,divided into two blocks, each in need of a revolutionthat would end the abuses and injustices of capitalismand the privileges of a bureaucratic caste,collective faith does not exist.- Juan Goytisolo

We must never forget that many around the globe aredenied the basic rights we enjoy as Americans.If we are to continue enjoying these privileges andfreedoms we must accept our mission of expanding democracy around the globe.- James Inhofe

The privilege of a lifetime is being who you are.- Joseph Campbell

Tis the privilege of friendship to talk nonsense,and have her nonsense respected.- Charles Lamb

Each and every human being on Earthhas both the responsibility and the privilegeof viewing themselves as Divine beingswith the power to bring about peace.- James Twyman

It is the province of knowledge to speak,and it is the privilege of wisdom to listen.- Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

To carry each other is not a burden at allbut a kind of privilege.- Bono

Take time to laugh.It is the music of the soul.Take time to think.It is the source of power.Take time to play.It is the source of perpetual youth.Take time to read.It is the fountain of wisdom.Take time to pray.It is the greatest power on Earth.Take time to love and be loved.It is a God-given privilege.Take time to be friendly.It is the road to happiness.Take time to give.It is too short a day to be selfish.Take time to work.It is the price of success.- Anonymous

Understand that the right tochoose your own pathis a sacred privilege.Use it.Dwell in possibility.- Oprah Winfrey

The love of family and the admiration of friends ismuch more important than wealth and privilege.- Charles Kuralt

I love this work I do.It's a privilege to serve the poor.- Bono

It was an honor and privilege to arrive to this country16 years ago with almost no money in my pocket.A lot has happened since then.- Antonio Banderas

I always felt that the great high privilege,relief and comfort of friendship was that one had to explain nothing.- Katherine Mansfield

Only very slowly and late have men come to realizethat unless freedom is universal it is only extended privilege.- John Edward Christopher Hill

But if I had committed a breach of privilege,it was the privilege of the Senate, and not of this House,which was violated.I was answerable there and not here.- Preston Brooks

The rulers of the state are the only persons who oughtto have the privilege of lying,either at home or abroad; they may be allowed to liefor the good of the state.- Plato

Well you're talking about a long career,a lot of movies, a lot of stars.I guess working with Henry Fonda and Katherine Hepburn was a great privilege.- Mark Rydell

I am proud to be in the Senate.I have always been proud to be a part of our political system.It is a remarkable privilege to participate in this system of ours.- Byron Dorgan

It's the generally accepted privilege of theologians to stretch the heavens,that is the Scriptures, like tanners with a hide.- Desiderius Erasmus

The worker must have bread, but she must have roses,too.Help, you women of privilege, give her the ballot to fight with.- Rose Schneiderman

If money, education, and honesty will not bring to me as much privilege,as much equality as they bring to any American citizen,then they are to me a curse, and not a blessing.- John Hope

Science has a simple faith, which transcends utility.It is the faith that it is the privilege of man to learn to understand,and that this is his mission.- Vannevar Bush

I'll remind you all, however, that for government,existence is a privilege, not a right.- L. Neil Smith

Think for yourselves and let others enjoy the privilege to do so,too.- Voltaire

Liberty is not merely a privilege to be conferred;it is a habit to be acquired.- David Lloyd George

It is a great privilege for any man to become a member of the Senate.- Lionel K. Murphy

What a privilege to be here on the planet to contributeyour unique donation to humankind.Each face in the rainbow of colors that populate ourworld is precious and special.- Morris Dees

And part of that is, what is the point of having childrenif you don't have the privilege of bringing them up?- Bob Geldof

Writing is an extreme privilege but it's also a gift.It's a gift to yourself and it's a gift of giving a story to someone.- Amy Tan

To be able to live and work in the United States is a privilege.- David Geffen

To live under the American Constitution is the greatestpolitical privilege that was ever accorded to the human race.- Calvin Coolidge

Honesty has come to mean the privilege of insultingyou to your face without expecting redress.- Judith Martin

People in positions of power and privilege have a dutyto perform at a higher level.If not them, then who?- Kathleen Parker

When men yield up the privilege of thinking,the last shadow of liberty quits the horizon.- Thomas Paine

I privilege the music over the lyrics.- Duncan Sheik

Well, if I used the privilege of self-incrimination at that time,I must have felt that perhaps there might be somethingthat might incriminate me in answering.- Ethel Rosenberg

It is better to lose everything you have to keep thebalance of justice level,than to live a life of petty privilege devoid of true freedom.- Bryant H. McGill

In the long run, Women's Liberation will of coursefree men-but in the short run it's going to COST men a lot of privilege,which no one gives up willingly or easily.- Robin Morgan

Access to the Vedas is the greatest privilege thiscentury may claim over all previous centuries.- J. Robert Oppenheimer

Health care is not a privilege.It's a right.It's a right as fundamental as civil rights.It's a right as fundamental as giving every child achance to get a public education.- Rod Blagojevich

The great thing about our system of democracy is whenthey call you for jury duty,you have to come...It's an honor and a privilege.I was called and I've got to be here.- Antonio Villaraigosa

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